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Nature rising on the agenda amid anti-climate and ESG rhetoric, says Aviva
24 June 2025Natural capital is rising on the agenda amid ongoing backlash towards climate and net-zero themes, Aviva has claimed.
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'Stuck in cycle of metrics' on nature, says mining giant
23 June 2025The market is obsessed with creating the right metrics on nature, with many financial institutions failing to think long-term, a mining giant has argued.
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Forestry companies to standardise natural capital valuation
23 June 2025Some of the world's largest forestry companies are joining forces to standardise the way natural capital is valued, in a bid to develop a more investable market.
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Ravi Menon: MDBs are 'crowding out' private sector for blended finance
23 June 2025Private sector investors are being 'crowded out' from blended finance investment opportunities, the former managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has claimed.
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'Pool together small and fragmented deal opportunities in EM to mitigate risk', says HSBC
23 June 2025Investors need to find ways to 'pool together' smaller investment opportunities in the emerging markets to improve risk profiles and make them more attractive, according to HSBC.
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Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries fund signs second acquisition
23 June 2025Eurazeo has acquired a majority stake in SMP Energies for an undisclosed sum.
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ISSB has 'fixed' sustainability fragmentation, Faber says on release of transition plan guide
23 June 2025Countries that have adopted the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards have "fixed" the risk of fragmentation of sustainability reporting for investors, the chair of the ISSB claimed.
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EU should 'reset' reporting rules to align with ISSB, says investor group
23 June 2025The EU should use its Omnibus 'simplification' drive to perform a broad "reset" of its European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) to align more closely with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, according to Dutch investor group Eumedion.
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Aviva, Fidelity, Federated Hermes back nature transition pathways
23 June 2025An open letter signed by 28 organisations, including major institutional investors, has backed the development of nature-positive transition pathways.
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Foresight Natural Capital could delay BNG investment over policy uncertainty
20 June 2025Foresight Natural Capital has told Environmental Finance it could delay investment in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)-related opportunities amid uncertainty over the UK government's direction on the policy.
- SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category
- Making green guarantees profitable
- IFC issues inaugural euro green benchmark, while dollar deal tightens by 4bps
- IFC mandates benchmark five-year US dollar green bond
- ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
- TenneT Germany raises record €3.5bn in debut European Green Bond
- Place-based impact for the net zero economy
- TenneT Germany plans inaugural bond issuance with EuGB
- Is the ESG data industry set for its next wave of M&A?
- Market 'relatively inefficient' at pricing ESG risks, says Aberdeen